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Title: Red-Headed Woman


Date: 1932
Type: Drama / Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Jack Conway
Producer:

Comment
A secretary (Jean Harlow) working for a married man (Chester Morris) seduces him and persuades him to divorce his wife (leila Hyams) and marry her and she then tries to use him to get accepted into society. This is a pre-code Jean Harlow using all her sexuality to manipulate men and worth comparing with the 1936 (post-code) Wife vs Secretary where she plays a similar secretary role. There is good support from Leila Hyams as the first wife and Una Merkel as Jean Harlow's friend. This is an entertaining comedy / drama / romance reflecting some of the morals and social aspirations of the time.

Actors

Jean HarlowJean Harlow
Chester Morris
Lewis StoneLewis Stone
Leila HyamsLeila Hyams
Una MerkelUna Merkel
Henry StephensonHenry Stephenson
May RobsonMay Robson
Charles BoyerCharles Boyer

Oscars

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